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Especially in context, the phrasing is ridiculous, but semantically it no different from "I refused to be bossed around by my phone".

• untog 14y ago
  Refusing to be bossed around by an inanimate object still seems somewhat ridiculous to me.
  • rdl 14y ago
    Being bossed around by an inanimate object seems even more ridiculous to me :)
  • mseebach 14y ago
    A phone, especially a ringing one, isn't particularly inanimate.